Necessary

Nec"es*sa*ry

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n.;

pl. Necessaries ().

1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the
necessaries of life.
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2. A privy; a water-closet.
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3. pl.
(Law) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.
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